Mar
18
2014
I would be lying if I said I did not love the National Football League, even though I follow it for the former Tar Heels and because of Fantasy Football. On the other hand, I would not be telling the truth if I didn’t say that I believe that the NFL is the classic case …
Mar
13
2014
If you are a fan of college football, if you enjoy watching College GameDay on ESPN and like to watch the Saturday Night Football games on ABC I hope that you also like Chris Fowler. Because if you do not, you are going to have to deal with it for the distant future, as the …
Mar
10
2014
If you know me well enough and enjoy talking sports then you should know that I have always said that “Americans are lucky” in many ways when it comes to what they have when speaking of fields and facilities. In other countries that luck just isn’t there for the most part. Where in the US …
Mar
09
2014
Bad week for the ACC’s top teams. Virginia, Syracuse, and Duke all may have played themselves out of a realistic shot at a NCAA number 1 seed. A couple of bubble teams, let golden opportunities slip away too. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top …
Feb
24
2014
Here’s the press release for the ACC’s announcement of Charlotte as the home of the ACCCG through the year 2019 sent to me from our friend @HokieSmash. Personally I think this is a good move by the ACC. I’ve been to the last three ACC Championship Games in Charlotte, and to one in Jacksonville, Fla. …
Feb
22
2014
Back in August 2013, @HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) were asked by @RyneHancock19 if we’d be interested in having an ACC podcast partnered with Road Warriors Radio. It sounded like a good idea, and we’ve had a lot of fun doing it. We’ve a lot of great guests, and we just wanted to take a look back at …
Feb
21
2014
Thursday night the North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the #5 ranked Duke Blue Devils 74-66. It’s college basketball’s best rivalry. It’s a huge game, no question about it. When it was over North Carolina fans rushed the court. After that, about 10,000 North Carolina fans rushed Franklin St. It was a giant party, and Heel’s fans were …
Feb
18
2014
We are getting into late February, that’s when your basketball team better get going for the stretch run… What do the ACC bloggers have for us? The North Carolina Tar Heels are one one team getting hot at the right time. TarHeelFanBlog called the win at FSU gutty and resilient. I agree especially with James Michael …
Feb
17
2014
Interesting piece from ESPN about the dwindling student attendance at college football games. Since I live in the upstate of SC I often hear about attendance issues at Clemson regarding students on their sports radio shows. I think this is a good time for a poll. Why are students staying away? I’m going to use myself …
Feb
15
2014
This past week a 10 second wait time for defensive substitutions was proposed by the NCAA rules committee. Two college football coaches Alabama’s Nick Saban and Arkansas’s Bret Bielema are leading the charge for rule change in the name of player safety. A multitude of coaches are vehemently opposed to this rule change. I understand …
Feb
10
2014
@HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) had a very special podcast on Monday evening. @theACCDN host @JeffFischel joined us to talk about what’s going at the ACC Digital Network. If you follow the blog, you know we’ve written about the @theACCDN in the past as it’s grown from an emerging internet venture to one of if not the …
Feb
08
2014
One of the most disappointing parts of the realignment era (2010-2012) was the loss of some great traditional rivalries. There would be no more Texas vs Texas A&M football games, no more Oklahoma vs Nebraska football games, Syracuse and Georgetown would never play basketball again as conference rivals. So it went with conference realignment. With …
Feb
06
2014
@HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) are back at it with this week’s ACC Podcast. There was plenty of ACC Basketball to discuss and of course a look at the National Signing Day results for the ACC. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. Next week the podcast will be at …
Feb
04
2014
It’s been a while since we’ve visited the ACC Bloggers. National Signing Day is Wednesday, I know there has to be some thoughts on that. Who are the Wide Receivers that Florida State is looking at right before signing day? Tomahawknation tells us… No surprise the Noles are in on big names. GobblerCountry says Virginia Tech …
Feb
01
2014
I saw a recent post on Mr SEC.com that ranked the SEC’s Happiest Fanbase in 2013. I thought that was pretty interesting and decided to put something similar together for the ACC. Like Mr SEC, I’m going to stick with 2 Big revenue producing sports, college football and and men’s basketball. Let me explain my criteria… …
Jan
30
2014
@HokieSmash and I ( @TalkinACCSports ) have a very special podcast tonight, especially for Virginia Tech fans. We have @HereGoJayAgain Jerran Anderson on the show. Jerran is a Virginia Tech alum and was a former Hokie Student Basketball Manager for Seth Greenberg. @HereGoJayAgain provided tremendous insight into the struggling Virginia Tech basketball program. We also get into what’s happening currently …